El dios que habita la espada

In 568, Hispania, practically forgotten by the Roman Empire and inhabited by various peoples weakened and at odds with each other, is a dangerous land in which chaos and battle reign. But Leovigildo has a dream: a strong and united kingdom, with a single king and a single equal law for all. A kingdom in peace for his children, Hermenegildo and Recaredo. Although only Valtario, relentless and deadly warlord, believes in principle in the king's dream. Around him, everything will be conspiracies, betrayals and revolts, which even come to him from the conjugal bed, since his wife, Queen Gosvinta, as cruel as she is intelligent, plans a very different future. They live a dark age, troubled times, straddling the Christian god and the ancient god of the Goths, the furious god, the one who dwells in the sword... This is a novel of blood, wars and fears, of spies and conspiracies , but also of faith, love and hope. José Soto Chica, a well-known and established historian, achieves, with The God Who Dwells the Sword, a vibrant and thoughtful work of agile prose and tremendous narrative pulse, where he narrates a time in the history of Spain that still remains today. , in part, unknown: the reign of Leovigildo, first king of Hispania. And he does it with his heart in his hand, discovering himself as an impeccable narrator of the human soul, with his greatness and his miseries.